I advise you to begin with spot trading if you are new to trading cryptocurrencies. Most newbies I believe started from spot trading, just like me, a few years ago.
You can then think about transitioning to futures trading once you have a better understanding of the market and how it functions. Master first or familiarize how trading works then you can start doing futures trading with very less leverage.
Cryptocurrency is risky; traders report losses and profits on a daily basis. Spot trading is one of the simplest trade setups available to newcomers. Spot trading is simple since its characteristics are not as complex as those of futures trading. In practice, a beginner may initiate trades by simply looking at the Spot sector, but futures require PDFs and tutorials before understanding how to use these features perfectly. Furthermore, there is always potential for development in the trading sector; it doesn't take long before one realizes he's operating whole trading accounts autonomously and printing profits.